Hello community! “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” is a famous poem by Emily Dickinson where hope “never stops.” For me, the feather metaphor telegraphs that hope is fragile, but the visual metaphor I prefer is the HOPE sculpture by Robert Indiana at the corner of...
It's summer, and I'm excited to share these author updates: 1) You can still join more than 150 other backers in the BRAVE Kickstarter to empower hundreds of LGBTQIA2+ and Allied teens with their own copy of my gay teen action adventure romance, A DIFFERENT KIND OF...
Hi Community! The last couple of months have been PACKED, and I'm excited to share some of the good parts here:A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE news:My Gay Teen love letter to James Bond movies received a Starred Review from Foreword Reviews, Booklist cheered it for being “A...
It's been quite the journey to get here: the publication of my second young adult novel, my fourth book for kids and teens, and "A Different Kind of Brave" is packed with so many things I loved as a teenager (and still love!)Action sequences!Cool gadgets!Exotic...
I'm very excited to team up with the remarkable author Sarah Prager (love her A Child’s Introduction to Pride and Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World) to talk about researching and writing Queer history for kids and teens. I hope you can join...
What an amazing conference! I'm so grateful to C. Scott Miller and the entire NEA LGBTQ+ Caucus for inviting me to be part of their first LGBTQ+ Social Justice and Leadership Conference since 2019. Every one of the 250+ educators who attended the conference got a copy...
